Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is making fair points. The situation is not satisfactory at all.

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Since the High Court decision of more than a year ago, we need to legislate. The Oireachtas needs to bite the bullet and legislate on assessments of need because big delays are coming. There is now a huge absorption of professionals on the assessment side but not on the intervention side. It certainly needs reorganisation. The disability sector has been taken from the Department of Health and moved to the Department of children. I expect there will be further reorganisations. We have to get to the core of this, which is greater interventions and legislative change to deal with the assessment issue.

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